1.1Be or cause to be in a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other: [with object and adverbial]:I tipped my seat back, preparing myself for sleep [no object, with adverbial]:the car had tipped to one side

Phrases

tip someone the wink

‘So even though the Foreign Office will tell you, ‘Oh, we have condemned torture in Uzbekistan’, it doesn't mean anything, because by accepting the intelligence you are tipping them the wink to carry on.’

Keep tipping me the wink and all will go swimmingly.

In the old days the uncertainty provided a lucrative source of supplemental income for town-hall bureaucrats who would tip you the wink for a little discreet baksheesh.